Luke 20:3 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 20:3

“I will also ask you a question,” Jesus replied. “Tell Me:

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he answered and said unto them, I also will ask you a question; and tell me:

KJV

And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:

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Commentary

2 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1107)

For that He might show that they had always rebelled against the Holy Spirit, and that besides Isaiah, whom they remembered not, they had refused to believe John whom they had lately seen; He now in his turn puts the question to them, proving that if so great a Prophet as John who was accounted greatest among them had been disbelieved when he testified of Him, they would in no wise believe Him, answering by what authority He did this.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

The spirit which prompted this demand is too evident to be mistaken. These men hated and envied Christ. They saw His influence increasing. They saw their own power waning. They resolved, if possible, to stop the progress of this new teacher; and the point on which they made their assault was His authority . They ought to have examined His mighty works. His teaching they ought, in all fairness, to have compared with their own Scriptures. But they refused to take either one course or the other. They preferred to call His authority into question.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀποκριθεὶς	Apokritheis	Answering	G611 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
εἶπεν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτούς·	autous	them;	G846 →
ἐρωτήσω	erōtēsō	Will ask	G2065 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
κἀγὼ	kagō	I myself also	G1473 →G2532 →
λόγον,	logon	thing,	G3056 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἴπατέ	eipate	do tell	G2036 →
μοι·	moi	Me:	G3165 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk7

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:29
  Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
- 1 Peter 3:15
  But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and…
- Ecclesiastes 10:12
  The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
- Mark 9:50
  Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
- Proverbs 15:4
  A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Through
Luke 22:68
And if I ask you a question, you will not answer.
leads to
- Luke 20:41–44
  Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
- Luke 20:3–7
  “I will also ask you a question,” Jesus replied. “Tell Me:

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke